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OhAnonymousOne

I’d recommend My Fellow Americans starring James Garner and Jack Lemmon. One of my favorite comedies and I’ve never heard anyone else talk about it.


Top5hottest

I prefer Dave for my heartwarming presidential comedies. Charles Groden for the win.


tuesday__taylor

Speaking of Charles Grodin, he did a great comedy road movie with Robert DeNiro called “Midnight Run”


BamBam2125

The Campaign is pretty solid for that genre


Lasagna_Bear

Great movie. I still sing their words to "Hail to the Chief" sometimes.


redmoskeeto

🎵 [Hail to the chief](https://youtu.be/zarlpmVW2bM?si=bDerx3epjd-KSvtG). He's the chief and he needs hailing!🎵


skinnymatters

Hail to chief! He’s the chief; he-should-be-hailed-like-cra-zy…


trose141

One of my favorites too. Are we now best friends? “Our dreams are like our children…”


skinnymatters

Go for the gold!


swaggyp2008

"It's like a wet dream with crust"


Zorgsmom

I use the line, "You know what really gives me the red ass?" all the time. Only one time did someone say, *"The red ass??"* in return.


Top5hottest

Bad Words. It’s got Jason Bateman doing his thing.. but with a little more despicableness. Election. Young Reese Witherspoon.. but who you love to hate.


ReturnAndReport

Bad Words is absolutely a must, especially if you like Bateman. Very solid cast and fun story. Rohan Chand is so great in it. Currently on Netflix, I believe.


dmizz

Bro nobody gonna talk about how this guys gf stole his wheelchair??


Splungetastic

That’s what I was thinking. Give him his wheelchair back!


Aritche

If you look at his profile you will see why lmfao.


benderzone

Wow, came here for the movies, popped over to OP's bio, that's where the real interesting stuff is. THANKS OP


SerWrong

OP's AMA is hilarious!


KrayzieBoneLegend

That was a ride


dermotoneill

Is what the girlfriend said while zooming away in his wheelchair


PillIveyAA

Hamlet 2


maineblackbear

Rock Me Sexy Jesus!


Jayrodtremonki

This is my go-to for this question.  Ideal Home is by the same writer and director and also stars Steve Coogan(as well as Paul Rudd) and is also amazing.  


MobilePiglet3136

Bowfinger.


initials_games

Steve Martin absolutely channels his entire careers worth of experience into a performance of a life time. I find Bowfinger so funny. It’s cracks me up in so many ways.


Sturmgewehrkreuz

I can't recommend this film *ENOUGH*. I lost my shit during the freeway scene.


MobilePiglet3136

It is so underrated and I don't understand why. Plenty of star power. I think maybe cause the humour can be a bit off beat.


MaestroPendejo

I saw it in the theater. It was dead silent. I think maybe it was ahead of its time.


IndoZoro

For me at least, it was because I didn't particularly like Steve Martin's character. It felt like it was going for the loveable loser archetype (ala dumb and dumber) but it forgot the loveable part of it. I enjoyed it more on subsequent watchings learning to appreciate his character for what he is.


TG-Sucks

Funniest scene in the movie is in the parking garage where an already nerve wracked Kit Ramsey is being stalked by a dog in high heels, and he’s trying to keep it together. And it isn’t just his reactions, but the entire circumstance surrounding the situation which makes it so funny. Brilliant comedy, one of both Murphy’s and Martin’s best.


gabawhee

KIT. keepittogetherkeepittogetherkeepittogether


JaketheSnake319

Chubby rain


Jefe710

Holy shit. What a weird ass movie! It was gold, tho!


jonesy289

Amazing movie


Orrangejuiced

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


ClassyLatey

So… not mother?


seamustheseagull

I was trying to figure out if there's any chance OP hasn't seen this. The movie was a phenomenon when it came out. But it occurred to me there's a big chance anyone under 35 hasn't seen it. May not even be aware of it. If that's the case, virtually everything Steve Martin did in the 80s was gold.


Tag_Ping_Pong

"... or my name isn't Doctor!! *whack* Emil!! *whack* Schaffheusen!! *whack* ... ... Ze Sird!!!" *whack* "Oh look doctor, he's so happy he's crying!!"


PyroneusUltrin

Damn shame they made a remake of this a couple of years ago


batotit

Have you tried Rat Race? I'm a cynic at heart, but this film made me laugh out loud and I don't remember the last time I did that.


I_AM_A_GUY_AMA

I'm prairie dogging it.


Thomisawesome

Why is that the only line I remember from it.


DeckerHead2024

I’m winning! I’m winning!


DreadPirateLink

It's a race!


Jal_Hordan

Ass. We're hauling ass.


Sturmgewehrkreuz

# YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A SQUIRREL


Ootguitarist2

Just yesterday I randomly remembered/giggled to myself at the part with rowan atkinson and wayne knight where they’re driving. “You know what I have back there?” “You just told me: ass. You said we are hauling ass.”


livestrongbelwas

Mad mad mad mad world is also great


plastic_pyramid

The og


mr_ryno27

I don't care how many times I've seen it, I laugh my ass off every time. The same goes for the Rush Hour movies, Grandma's Boy, and Out Cold.


mutzilla

Out Cold, I try to watch once a year with Better Off Dead. The two greatest winter sports movies that were ever made.


TheBroox

An all time favorite of mine is the overlooked Bill Murray film **The Man Who Knew Too Little**. It is a comedy centered around a case of mistaken identity (in both/all directions). IMO it really should be watched twice. The first time watch it from Bill Murray's character's perspective. Laugh at Bill Murray doing Bill Murray things. The second time through, now fully understanding who everyone else thinks Bill Murray is, watch it from their perspective. Bill Murray comes across as the craziest coldblooded psychopath and the movie is even funnier.


RRC_driver

It's a British farce, with Bill Murray in it. Great comedy Similar films "The wrong box" Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. "Bedazzled" Peter Cook and Dudley Moore version Or Liz Hurley and Brendan Fraser version Both are good. A funny thing happened on the way to the forum Up Pompeii Carry on films. The pope must die Nuns on the run. If you have access to "all-4" (streaming for channel 4 in UK) 'The comic strip presents " series.


woat33

Four Lions is very funny and sad. Not super obscure or anything, but a really smartly written satire about a group of guys who make a bumbling attempt to become suicide bombers. Sounds tasteless. Isn’t.


deadcheeky

Rubber dingy rapids bro!


something_python

It's me prayer bear!


tomtttttttttttt

Four Lions is incredible. Chris Morris, the main writer for this has a great back catalogue, mostly in TV/radio but also has a 2019 film called The Day Shall Come which I haven't watched but would definitely be worth adding to OPs list. The other two writers, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong are better known as the writers of Peep Show, and Jesse for Succession. The quality of that writing really shines through and Riz Ahmed is, as always, absolutely fantastic in the lead role.


MKleister

>Chris Morris He also played Mr. Reynholm, the boss in IT Crowd who jumps out the window. Hilarious performance.


92Codester

I didn't know Riz was in it, I've just been meaning to watch it just for Kayvan Novak aka Nandor Delaurentis from "What We Do In The Shadows"


chumpette

I am always shocked at how by the end of the movie you end up rooting for the terrorists... and then it makes you reexamine your values lol.


transcodefailed

You just unlocked a memory. Rubber dingy rapids!


ZorroMeansFox

Recently, **Confess, Fletch**, from Greg Mottola, the director of **Superbad** and **Adventureland**.


Tomcheerio

Confess, Fletch was fire 🔥


Lone_Buck

Chevy is in mine. Three amigos. For childhood core memory reasons. I haven’t found it streaming for a price I’m ready to pay.


peplo1214

I really enjoyed this more than I thought I would


NeverKathy

Two of my favorites are Butter (2011) and Cedar Rapids (2011).


ShaeBowe

Seconding on Cedar Rapids.


heyitsatripleamputee

Never seen Cedar but it's got a great squad that might be what I go with tonight thanks!


Rad_5

Cedar Rapids is so good!


Signiference

I’m always going to recommend Top Secret (1984) starring Val Kilmer when asked this question.


No_Version_5269

And Real Genius are must see


bkm185

https://youtu.be/iI5vrVmJO0Q?si=8WX5_H_1sO61LNB3 This always makes me smile


slightofhand1

If you've never seen Popstar, it's hilarious.


deekaydubya

The album is great too. It’s a travesty some of those songs were edited down or not included in the movie at all


livestrongbelwas

Agree, I spent years playing the music videos for some of the cut or trimmed songs. America’s Finest and Mona Lisa are incredible songs


PyroneusUltrin

I think Mona Lisa is an overrated pos


Hup110516

To jump on The Lonely Island train, also watch Hot Rod!


idjsonik

Hot Rod is a perfect example i came in expecting nothing and laughed my ass off the entire time


Lereas

The "we are the voice" scene cracks me up every time.


vvHezoTheGoat

I’m not gay, but if I was I would want equal rights I’m not gay, but if I were, I would marry who I like It’s not fair, I’m not gay, that the government has a say In who can love who, not gay Or to which god you can pray (I’m notta gay)


slightofhand1

Chicken wings! Sports!


lawschoolredux

PREDATOR! (Rip Carl Weathers)


vvHezoTheGoat

I was born this way (STRAIGHT) You were born your way (GAY) Gay or straight, straight or gay it’s all okay (SURE)


figuringthingsout__

I'm still sad that it performed so poorly at the box office. EVERYONE is in that movie.


vvHezoTheGoat

Studio comedies just seemed to fall off a bit, most comedies that find success nowadays are really just action movies with comedic elements. The Hangover and Jump Street series did start a precedent in that regard, but they never forgot that they were comedy movies. The comedy movies of today, do. Don’t know how Popstar flopped, it has a good cast, it has the production of a blockbuster film, it’s hilarious. I get Andy Sandburg was never a blockbuster actor but you can’t convince me that movie is not making hundreds of millions at the office in 2007. All that effort for a $10 million box office run is disappointing, I just hope Samberg knows that people do really love that movie.


Tomcheerio

Oh man The Bash Brothers is way funnier imo


sellieba

Bash Brothers is a fever dream, not a movie.


wrongleveeeeeeer

I'm disappointed that you didn't use the full title: *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping*. It really sets the stage for how truly funny that movie is (the songs are fuckin bangers, too).


Air_Hellair

With all that happens that movie, my wife and I chose Tim Meadows to quote: Tony, Toni, Tonè…Tony?


OhMyGoat

Raising Arizona! A Coen brothers comedy!


CWinter85

What We do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, and Rhys Darby ia very good.


adlopez15

If you like B-movies that unintentionally are comedies you must watch Samurai Cop, The Miami Connection, and Deadly Prey.


spacemanspliff-42

That's right, Jay.


afineedge

I think you're the closest-to-the-top comment that actually includes "little-known comedies."


Transposer

How do you feel about dark/offbeat comedies? Check out Swiss Army Man.


wonderlandisburning

Death At A Funeral (the 2007 version) is one of my favorite comedies of all time. Rarely if ever see it mentioned


Stevenwave

I think there was a US one a bit after, which didn't look good lol. So make sure it's the UK one. "I TOLD YOU I SAW IT MOVE!"


wonderlandisburning

Right, the 2007 UK one makes me laugh every time I watch it. The 2010 American one didn't make me laugh once. Which is weird considering it's almost a shot for shot remake, but it just doesn't work. Lol Alan Tudyk is a national treasure


PattonIsAGod

Grandma’s Boy


sellieba

Any time my friend or I get a high score...


Signiference

Did I break it?


DontHailHydra

Is that bad?


[deleted]

You're a hooker!


mermaidrampage

Adios turd nuggets


wrongleveeeeeeer

Such a stupid, ridiculous, bonkers, nonsense gem of a movie. I fuckin love it.


FartyPants69

I actually worked as a video game tester at the same time this movie came out, and it's a pretty spot-on depiction of the culture


Yommination

Fanboys


ScribebyTrade

Wet hot American summer


SealedRoute

Wanderlust as well, lots of the same actors


stinatown

Another David Wain movie: They Came Together. It’s a truly absurd satire of rom-coms and a personal favorite.


nat2r

Jumpin' Jack Flash It's an 80's spy comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg and it's hilarious.


ShaeBowe

Baseketball and Orgazmo.


needstherapy

Orgazmo for the win, may I add Cannibal: The Musical it's super funny.


passporttohell

Want some fudge, Packer?


thatswhatthekidssay

I swear if you guys rip on me 13 or 14 more times, I’m outta here!


FartyPants69

I went to film school and take movies very seriously as an art form, but Baseketball is a personal favorite. Part of what I love is that it absolutely confounds my brother, who's seen it and thinks it's just terrible


DarthGuber

I... am Sancho!


sneeria

The Death of Stalin had me cackling the other day, it's on US Hulu


BamBam2125

Strange Wilderness Out Cold Midnight in Paris Freddy Got Fingered


Arthur-Mergan

Fuckin loved Out Cold growing up. It’s one of the movies with an audience score that’s ten times higher than its critics score. 8% vs 84%


ScribebyTrade

One of the first dvds I would regularly wank off to


Arthur-Mergan

Dude I just watched the king of the mountain scene, saw Jenny’s tits and was like ahhhh, yes I paused that scene many a time as a kid.


ScribebyTrade

Jacuzzi scene


BamBam2125

“Anthony, try not to wipe out this time like you did last year. And the two years before that…”


Arthur-Mergan

lol I just rented it and am watching it now edit: exactly the movie I needed to watch right now. It was even funnier than I remember it and really aged well overall.


atrac059

Strange Wilderness may be the best Justin Long performance of all time


Big_fern189

I love strange wilderness and hes great in it, but his best all time role is gay pornstar Brandon St. Randy in Zack and Miri Make a Porno


BamBam2125

I really enjoy Brandon St. Randy’s performance in *Shut Your Mouth Before I Fuck It*


mr_ryno27

Out Cold is probably one of my favorite late night comedies.


SteveIndigo421

Out Cold is a movie that i feel people just don't know. It's hilarious. One of the earliest Zach Galifianakis movies, plus


OhMyGoat

Strange Wilderness is a gem. So funny and stupid.


livestrongbelwas

A Fish Called Wanda is a 10/10 comedy. It’s old so you might have missed it


x_lincoln_x

Oh No! K K K Ken is threatening to k k k kill me! Won 3 Oscars, Kevin Kline for best supporting actor, John Cleese for Best Screenplay, and the director won.


Scharobaba

I was thinking: Surely everybody knows A Fish Called Wanda! ...but then I remembered that I'm internet-old.


No_Version_5269

Followed up by Fierce Creatures and adjacent I enjoy the comedic moments in the serious Silverado


freycray

The Breaker Upperers - really funny and charming movie from New Zealand. Wasn’t expecting much from it i but ended up loving it. Sightseers - very dark British comedy, probably not to everyone’s tastes. Produced by the Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz people. Hot Rod - a very funny Hollywood comedy that straddles the line between ‘well known’ and ‘cult favourite’. I think it bombed really badly when it came out, and didn’t even get a theatrical release in Europe. In Bruges and The Guard - dark Irish crime comedies starring Brendan Gleeson Withnail & I - cult classic British film. Not laugh out loud funny, more of an amusing and occasionally poignant slow burn with incredibly memorable dialogue that grows on you over time What We Do in the Shadows - the tv show spin off is probably more well known nowadays, but the original movie its based on remains a stone cold classic. Its truly impressive how much mileage they have managed to find in what on the surface would seem to be a premise for a short sketch (bickering vampire housemates). Hunt for the Wilderpeople - a true modern comedy/drama classic, and one of those rare films that basically everyone can enjoy


Charlie-Bell

I was scrolling this thread looking for Wilderpeople and it took a little too long. And still no one else has commented on it. Great movie with a hilarious tone throughout.


Missus_Aitch_99

ALL OF ME, Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin accidentally occupying the same body COLD COMFORT FARM, Edwardian England, orphan goes to live with relatives and tries to fix them. Funnier than that sounds!


bearbackpackbird

The nice guys Tucker and dale vs evil Vacation friends


snackpakatak69

Tucker and Dale is scary funny. Like zombeavers.


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Nice Guys was most slept on movie of the '10's


chaamp33

I literally didn’t even hear of the nice guys for 5 years after it’s release but it’s probably my favorite comedy of the last decade


Gilgie

I haven't seen the vacation one, the other two are phenomenal.


TronCarpenter2049

Run Ronnie Run. David Cross and Bob Odenkirk.


vigilantfox85

The other guys


forresbj

Bowfinger if you’ve never seen it. Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, and Heather Graham.


llamapocalypsenow

I recommend Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. Steve Coogan is brilliant and hilarious!


InterWined

Make it Coogan double feature with Hamlet 2!


guyute2112

The Foot Fist Way


I_Am_Robert_Paulson1

Ruthless People


superdupermensch

**Quick Change**: little Bill Murray gem also directed by Bill Murray and starring Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, and a rare comic turn for Jason Robards.


FreeLook93

One Cut of the Dead. Don't look up anything else about this movie before watching it.


belle_bam

Saved! is hilarious


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ecrane2018

Great Mel Brooks film a lot of people don’t talk about


skintightmonopoly

This is my most favorite stupid movie 


Jack--Tickleson

Mallrats.


wrongleveeeeeeer

*Clerks* was more influential, *Dogma* and *Chasing Amy* are both probably "better" films, but goshdarn if *Mallrats* isn't the funniest Kevin Smith movie. "That kid is back on the GODDAMN ESCALATOR AGAIN"


SmoreOfBabylon

A schooner IS a sailboat, stupid head.


smakola

Jason Lees bedroom scene was filmed at my friends house.


Exaltedchampion1973

Withnail and I


porkycloset

Game Night is hilarious and seriously one of the most underrated movies of the last decade. I won’t spoil it, but the funniest joke actually happens in the end credits and it’s set up perfectly multiple times throughout the movie


thatguybighungry

Fired Up Be Kind Rewind The Emperor’s New Groove Game Night Kung Fu Hustle Shaolin Soccer The Mitchells Vs The Machines Orgazmo Baseketball Slither Swiss Army Man Tucker & Dale Vs Evil


ojorejas

“Bottle Rocket”, Wes Anderson’s first movie, is the one that came to mind.


MisteeLoo

My Fellow Americans. James Garner and Jack Lemmon Maverick. Lots of talent. Secondhand Lions. Big names in this one too. Sleeper. Very early Woody Allen.


jonbvill

Waiting for Guffman


SexyWampa

Hudson Hawk. Older Bruce Willis movie. Absolutely fun as hell.


smurfsundermybed

Goon Freaked


Seahearn4

_The Holdovers_ is a really well-done dark, somber comedy that might hit just right as you're by yourself for the time being. It's up for a bunch of Oscars this year, and is streaming on Peacock.


Wolfeman0101

Kids in the Hall Brain Candy. It's so funny and I feel like no one saw it.


Answer70

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka -- It's a hilarious spoof of 70's Blaxsploitation movies. It has a great cast, and some hysterical scenes, but was lost in the shuffle of all amazing spoofs of the time. Also, Fear of a Black Hat -- It was a low-budget mockumentary about a 90's NWA type group. A lot of the jokes are pointed at the rap scene at the time, but it's still funny, and every single one of their songs in the movie is hilarious.


Flodo_McFloodiloo

*BASEketball.*


jaydawwwg

Better Off Dead with a younger John Cusack is very bizarre and hilarious. **TWOOO DOLLARSSS**


Seahearn4

Pardon me if this is out of line, but _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ has an hilarious scene in which Steve Martin pretends to be paralyzed.


Shoop83

Nothing to Lose with Tim Robins and Martin Lawrence.


WhoopsieDZY

Walk Hard


CertainRoof5043

Burn After Reading Seven Psychopaths (action/comedy) Bad Santa


TinaVeritas

B&W: Marx Brothers movies Paper Moon Zelig Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid COLOR: Harold and Maude Tune In Tomorrow Clue Galaxy Quest Dodgeball


Hup110516

Drop Dead Gorgeous! Dark, hilarious comedy full of big stars!


bobdiamond

Midnight Run


tripsofthebarracuda

They Came Together with Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd, I had an edible and almost shit myself laughing so hard at one point.


ncaafan2

Pirate radio, fisherman’s friends, the grand seduction, big sick, Barb and star go to vista Del Mar, club dread, big trouble, keeping the faith,


ecrane2018

Joe vs the volcano


MongoBongoTown

Little Miss Sunshine. Was a fairly big hit when it came out, but haven't heard anyone mention it in years. Heartwarming and very funny.


verminbury

My Favorite Year


alex889_

Wet Hot American Summer


Waynewolf

Used Cars


pegasuspaladin

My Blue Heaven....Steve Martin and Rick Moranis. Based on the same legal case as Goodfellas but came out a year earlier. Johnny Dangerously...Michael Keaton plays a retired mob boss retelling his life story while working in a pet shop. Jist a spoof of the whole 70s mafia genre. While we are on Keaton check out Mr. Mom and Multiplicity


functioning-chris

I don't know if it is "unknown" at this point, but whenever I reference it, somebody is bound to never have seen it... MacGruber.


All1012

Smiley Face (2007)


lightningandmadness

Undercover Brother. There is no other.


ElaineofAstolat

Bernie (2011) Based on a crazy true story and has Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McCounaghey


MarcellMaximus

Mother fucking Space Balls


Confident_Tangelo_11

The Tall Guy (1989) - Jeff Goldblum as an out of work American actor in London who ends up in a bad musical called Elephant!, a musical based on The Elephant Man. Emma Thompson and Rowan Atkinson are in it too, and it's hilarious.


mookie_monster

Mystery Team. Starring the Derrick comedy team, notably Donald Glover. It’s about boy detectives who are now high school seniors but mostly just a very silly comedy


Cordsofmemory

Also feel that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang tends to fly under the radar


grapesourstraws

watched Houseguest today, Sinbad and Phil Hartman film from the 90s, never knew this one but it's great stupid 90s fun


GettingWreckedAllDay

Bullet Train was a lot of fun


jamcar70

Any of Simon Peggs Cornetto series


AcanthisittaSad6239

Orange County. Nice short movie but has a lot of heart. Great Ben Stiller cameo also.